History

The roots of the district are traced back to 1888 when the first school building in the area was built on the corner of Marion Street and Harvey Street in Punta Gorda. At the time, African Americans were not allowed to attend a white school. The first colored school was built in 1893. Colored people were not introduced into the white schools in Charlotte County until 1964. Accelerated growth in the community beginning in 1950 resulted in the rapid expansion of the school district. New, larger schools started popping up all over the county much more rapidly than before.

Notable staff members

Port Charlotte High School

Doug Dunakey - Former professional golfer, became the golf coach for PCHS after his professional career.

Braintree Public Schools

The Braintree Public School District, located in Braintree, Massachusetts, includes Hollis Elementary School, Donald Ross Elementary School, Archie T. Morrison Elementary School, Liberty Elementary School, Mary E. Flaherty Elementary School (formerly Lakeside Elementary School), Highlands Elementary School, East Middle School, South Middle School, and Braintree High School. Monatiquot Elementary School is now the Monatiquot School Kindergarten Center for full-day kindergarten students in Braintree.

District Information

There are nine public schools in the district: one kindergarten center, six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school, with a total enrollment of just over 5,748 students for the 2007-2008 school year. 89.8% of the system's students graduate. The School Department’s budget was $52,102,532 in FY2006. The superintendent is Dr. Peter Kurzberg.

89% of Braintree High School graduates pursue post-secondary studies. Students at all grade levels typically score above state and national averages on all measures of standardized testing, including the MCAS and the SAT. Braintree High School offers eighteen advanced placement (AP) courses; more than a third of the senior class is enrolled in at least one AP course. The high school also receives wide recognition for its athletic program; BHS teams compete in the Bay State Conference. The schools enjoy strong support and involvement from parents, with active parent organizations at each school as well as numerous other opportunities for parents to participate in enhancing the educational program. The district has traditionally demonstrated a commitment to lifelong learning through the many and varied programs offered by the Braintree Continuing Education Program.

Elementary school

Examples

(Scotland) leave nursery age 4 and start primary school for the next 7 years which would be primary 1 (age 4 to 5) and so on up until primary 7 which would be your last year at primary school and you would be age (9 to 10) then after that you go off to high school at age (11 to 12)

The term primary school is derived from the French école primaire, which was first used in 1802.

Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Elementary school is preferred in some countries, especially in the United States and Canada.

In the United States, "primary school" may refer to a school with gradesKindergarten through second grade (K-2). In these municipalities, the "elementary school" includes grade three through five. The terms first school or infant school may also be used in North America though these, strictly speaking, refer to different educational programs.

Elementary school (England and Wales)

Elementary schools (sometimes Higher elementary schools) were the first schools in England which were funded by taxation. They operated between 1870 and 1944 and provided an education for children between the ages of 5 and 14. In some areas older children were educated in separate 'Higher Elementary Schools'. Many of these schools converted to Primary schools after 1944.

Elementary schools were set up to enable children to receive manual training and elementary instruction. They provided a restricted curriculum with the emphasis on reading, writing and arithmetic(the three Rs). The schools operated on a 'monitorial' system, whereby one teacher supervised a large class with the assistance of a team of monitors, who were quite often older pupils. Elementary school teachers were paid by results. Their pupils were expected to achieve precise standards in reading, writing and arithmetic such as reading a short paragraph in a newspaper, writing from dictation, and working out sums and fractions.

History

The roots of the district are traced back to 1888 when the first school building in the area was built on the corner of Marion Street and Harvey Street in Punta Gorda. At the time, African Americans were not allowed to attend a white school. The first colored school was built in 1893. Colored people were not introduced into the white schools in Charlotte County until 1964. Accelerated growth in the community beginning in 1950 resulted in the rapid expansion of the school district. New, larger schools started popping up all over the county much more rapidly than before.

Notable staff members

Port Charlotte High School

Doug Dunakey - Former professional golfer, became the golf coach for PCHS after his professional career.

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